We’ve all had a movie that’s scared us to death. You may hate horror films, but chances are you had to watch at least one to discover you dislike them, and chances are also that the reason you dislike them is because that film terrified you. The io9 staff is no different—and these are the movies that taught us to be…

It’s Friday, it’s summer, and we’ve decided to blatantly steal this idea from our sister blog, Jalopnik, who stole it from our other sister blog, Deadspin. That said, the staff—minus a few people off on vacation—are here to answer some questions.

Everyone has some kind of story or trope that they are a sucker for. That, even if they know something is going to be bad, they will watch just for that thing. We want to know what yours are! And, to keep things fair, the entirety of the io9 staff has confessed theirs, too.

Still need more holiday gift ideas? Well, here’s what the io9 staff members are desperately hoping to receive this holiday season. No, you don’t have to buy them for us; this is still mainly to help you guys. (But, hey, if you have an extra pile of disposable income and you want to treat your favorite site, you know…